CONTRIBUTORS Publisher Elena di Maria Editor-in-Chief Francesca Vittoria Gironi
Giovanna Alonzi's been with Terroni for 13 years; she has worked at all locations and is their executive chef. Her last stint at Sud Forno was put on hold for the arrival of her second child this past July. She's currently on maternity leave, running around the city, swimming, baking, cooking from home, and hanging out with her two children and husband.
Design Small Director of Photography Stephanie Palmer Copy Editor Ashley Anne Brown Columnists Gianna Sami Giovanna Alonzi Contributors Max Stefanelli Jessica Allen Admin. Managers Patti Shaw Karina Watsone Many thanks to Marco Leonardi Peppino Fumo Rita Mammoliti Cosimo Mammoliti Boris Buettner La Pizzuta del Principe Jessica Allen T Magazine Headquarters 720 Queen St. W. Toronto, M6J 1E8 For inquiries and comments please email: francescav@terroni.ca Cover photo by Stephanie Palmer Follow us on
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Gianna Sami is the Wine Import Manager for Cavinona Inc, Terroni's exclusive wine supplier. She loves eating, drinking, travel, and good people; she considers it the utmost privilege when all 4 collide. Originally an LA native, she gave up the beautiful west coast weather to live in one of the best cities on earth: Toronto. She lives in the Annex with her dreamy husband and 2 strange cats.
Stephanie Palmer is the general manager of the Adelaide location in Toronto. She has been working with Terroni since 1998. A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA’00), her passion for pasta is only eclipsed by her love of photography. For T-Mag issue number 7, she had a dream come true spending an afternoon photographing one of her high school crushes: the dashingly handsome and talented Marco Leonardi. To explore her latest work visit stephaniepalmerphotography.com and if you haven’t already seen it, check out Leonardi’s classic film, Cinema Paradiso, your heart will melt.
Max Stefanelli has been the director of operations for Terroni in Los Angeles since the company first expanded stateside. Max is also the primary wine director at all Terroni outposts. He’s particularly passionate about small production, artisanal wines that are rarely seen outside of Italy. He began working for Terroni in 1999, shortly after his arrival in Toronto from Bologna, Italy, where he was a miserable attorney unhappy with his career. When he isn’t tasting the bottled fruits of Italy, Max can be found playing ball hockey and zipping around on his shiny Vespa, or hanging out cooking at home with his beautiful wife, Francesca and their three gorgeous bambini.
Jessica Allen started working at Terroni as a dishwasher about 17 years ago. A remarkably quick study, she soon moved on to serving and eventually helped manage the Queen Street location. Even after she took a job at a magazine, Jess continued to manage Friday nights at the restaurant and, along with publisher Elena di Maria, helped launched this very magazine. Now that she works on a TV show — where, much to her disappointment and surprise they don’t serve pizza — her reign as editor in chief has come to an end. But just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in, so she (quite happily) compiled this issue’s Terroni Index.
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